Biology professor is slammed over sick joke about Trump's assassination attempt

A Canadian biology professor shocked social media with their comment on the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. 

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old would-be assassin who shot Donald Trump, opened fire at the former president with an AR-style rifle from a roof 130 yards from the rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday at 6.15pm. 

Many have used the attempt on a former president's life to ask for toned down rhetoric from both sides of the political spectrum.

Shoshanna Jacobs, a biology professor at Ontario's University of Guelph, received condemnation from all sides after quote-tweeting a video of the shooting, when noting how nearly Trump missed being directly hit.

Jacobs - a professor of integrative biology - wrote on the social media platform X: 'When 4 inches really matters'.

Shoshanna Jacobs, a biology professor at Ontario's University of Guelph, received condemnation from all sides after quote-tweeting a video of the shooting, when noting how nearly Trump missed being directly hit

The professor, who has taught at the school since 2012 and uses they/them pronouns, was quickly vilified for her joke.

'Wow, you really are an awful person,' wrote one X user. 'People died today. But hey, you've got jokes.'

Another succinctly added: 'This only makes you look evil.'

More social media users tagged Jacobs' employers and asked them to be fired.   

'Do you support assassinations and murders @uofg? Why do you have professor supporting criminality teaching at University of Guelph?'

Another wrote: 'Educator? I seriously hope your vile nasty take gets you fired'. 

Donald Trump's family and supporters have slammed the liberal media for downplaying Saturday evening's assassination attempt - and for running tone-deaf opinion pieces in the wake of the atrocity. 

Publishers were blasted for describing gunshots as 'loud popping noises' and for describing Trump as 'falling' from the stage without reference to the assassination attempt. 

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old would-be assassin who shot Donald Trump, opened fire at the former president with an AR-style rifle from a roof 130 yards from the rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania , on Saturday at 6.15pm

The New York Times was also criticized for running an opinion piece called 'Donald Trump Is Unfit To Lead' which encouraged voters to 'reject him in November' on the morning after the shooting. 

Printed against an ominous, backlit silhouette of Trump's side profile, the title page also reads: 'He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America.'

The president's son Donald Trump Jr led the criticism on X, calling CNN 'vile' and 'a disgrace' for their coverage of the campaign event incident.  

Many noted the insensitivity given that Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed in the gunfire attempting to save his family.

Comperatore died a hero as he shielded his young daughter and wife from the gunfire as he was killed by 20-year-old gunman Crooks.

Other Trump supporters rushed to his aid in the bleachers just moments after Crooks opened fire from a rooftop 130 yards away.

Grieving family members announced Comperatore's untimely death on Sunday, as they paid tribute to the former volunteer firefighter.

His sister wrote on Facebook: 'The PA Trump Rally claimed the life of my brother, Corey Comperatore. The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most. He was a hero who shielded his daughters.

'His wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable. My baby brother just turned 50 and had so much life left to experience,' she continued.

'Hatred has no limits and love has no bounds. Pray for my sister-in-law, nieces, my mother, sister, me and his nieces and nephews as this feels like a terrible nightmare but we know it is our painful reality.'

Comperatore's daughter, Allyson, also wrote: 'He died a real-life super hero.'

Following the attack, Trump put out a statement on Truth Social confirming he was struck by a bullet, while thanking the Secret Service and law enforcement for their 'rapid response on the shooting that just took place in Butler, Pennsylvania.'

The former president also confirmed that one rally-goer was killed and another was 'badly injured.'

'Most importantly, I want to extend my condolences to the family of the person at the Rally who was killed, and also to the family of another person that was badly injured.

'It is incredible that such an act can take place in our Country. Nothing is known at this time about the shooter, who is now dead. I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,' said the former president.

'I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place, so I realized then what was happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!'